Muscogee (Creek) materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Culture:
Muscogee includes: Muskogee, Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek
Language: English
Date: 1818; 1838
Contributor: Hubbard, David, 1792-1874 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Subject: Linguistics
Type: Text
Genre: Correspondence
Extent: 2 items
Description: Two items relating to Muscogee (Creek) materials at the American Philosophical Society. The first (1818) is Peter S. du Ponceau's letter to General David B. Mitchell, asking for aid in obtaining Southern Indian grammars, articles on Indian customs, and Benjamin Hawkins manuscript on Creeks. The other (1838) is David Hubbard's letter to John Vaughan, stating that, on the basis of his personal observations since 1833, Benjamin Hawkins' sketch of the Creek Indians is extremely accurate.
Collection: American Philosophical Society Archives APS.Archives